HOUGHTON – Michigan Technological University’s Copper Country Robotics Team (CCRT) completed its robot by noon Tuesday, finishing a 72-hour challenge to build a functional robot. The challenge, Robot in 3 Days (Ri3D), started at Noon on Saturday, with participants watching a kickoff ...

WASHINGTON - Representative Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet introduced the bipartisan Duty Status Reform Act which would reduce the Reserve Component’s (RC’s) duty statuses from roughly 30 to four. This change would create a coherent structure, ensuring our service members receive equitable ...

CHAMPION — Lundin Mining Corporation announced Friday the completion of the previously announced sale of the Eagle Mine and the Humboldt mill in Marquette County to Talon Metals Corporation. The Lundin Mining Corporation first announced in December it was selling the Eagle Mine and the ...

BARAGA — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced Friday it is continuing what it calls a successful program to keep boating access sites plowed at more than two dozen popular Upper Peninsula ice-fishing locations, including sites in Baraga and Keweenaw counties. “To help ...

LANSING — The federal government is recommending fewer childhood vaccinations, but the state of Michigan is saying no way. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week recommended that the previous number of childhood vaccines of 17 be reduced to just 11 vaccinations. In a ...

HOUGHTON – On Saturday, Michigan Technological University’s Copper Country Robotics Team (CCRT) began a three-day effort to build an operational robot for a challenge. David Reeves, MTU Computer Science major, said the team has 72 hours to build an operational robot. The challenge ...